Josiah Butler (1779 - 1854)

Born 4 Dec 1779 in Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1854 at age 74 in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

BURIAL Granite Cemetery South Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University in 1803, taught school in Virginia, (1804-06), studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1807. Returning to New Hampshire, he commenced to practice law, was Sheriff of Rockingham County, (1810-13), clerk of the court of common pleas and a member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, (1815-16). In 1817, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, serving until 1823. After leaving Congress, he served as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Court of Common Pleas, (1825-35).

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

Sources

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #7146340 (accessed 17 September 2023)
  Memorial page for Josiah Butler (4 Dec 1779-27 Oct 1854), citing Granite Cemetery, South Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA (plot: tear 4 infromt of mutrel and oak ave); Maintained by Find a Grave.